Google prepares to release augmented reality device

Many people know the rather strange Google Goggles application, which can be downloaded in the Android market, allowing you to play with Augmented Reality on your smartphone. It might seem that this is one of those pilot projects of the company that are now closing with bundles, but it seems that everything is quite serious and moreover, there is information that Google will soon release a ready-made AR-device.

Some time ago, there was already news that a certain “wearable” device was being created in the secret bunkers of Google X, which caused speculations about the upcoming competitor iPod nano, but Google’s 9 to 5 site had obtained details from a source in the New York Times: points Like the terminator.


(This is not Google Goggles, but similar to Oakley Thumps)
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In December, the source reported: this is a prototype in an early stage that looks like ordinary thick-rimmed glasses.
They have a built-in display. They have a few buttons on the arms and if it were not for these buttons, glasses could not be distinguished from the usual. We are not sure which display is being used, but it looks like a clear LCD or AMOLED. We heard that this is not a peripheral device for other android devices, glasses are directly connected to the cloud. However, they can use the smartphone’s Internet connection via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth 4.0. Scope - extended reality, which can be associated with Google geolocation services. The user can walk, seeing as the display pops up information about the objects seen a la terminator. Apparently, the glasses have built-in GPS and, apparently, they are running some version of Android.

Yesterday, new details and clarifications:
The bad news: the display is only for one eye and it is not transparent.
News is more fun: navigation through the interface occurs with the help of head movements, it is very fast and the user instantly gets used to it, it immediately becomes your second nature. At the same time, head movements are almost invisible to other people. The glasses have voice input, specifications are comparable with previous generation Android smartphones.

The most interesting thing is that Google is already going to release the device in some form, although the technology is still not crystallized to the end. This will be a touchstone like Chromebooks, not a mass product, and they do not expect much success from it.

Google Goggles should appear "soon."

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/137791/